Author and Cartographer of Epic Fantasy Worlds
K. R. Solberg
K. R. (Kirsten) Solberg has turned daydreaming into a career. As a graphic artist, photographer, and writer, she believes in the enduring power of story. Along with writing, K. R. hand illustrates fantasy maps for her worlds and for other authors.
Her parents refused to co-sign a mortgage-worth of college loans for “art” (which was wise, in hindsight), so she stumbled upon a little-known state school in St. Paul MN, where she studied professional writing. Her bachelor’s degree from Metro State was worth a mortgage, but she’s very glad she didn’t have to pay one.
Once a committed city-slicker, she now dwells in the woods of Wisconsin with her patient husband and their two book-obsessed children. A Jesus girl and nature-lover she works at a local Bible camp—but as a graphic designer in a cubicle (because she’s also a disastrously introverted hermit).
As someone who lives with bipolar disorder and dyslexia, she’s a fierce advocate for reading accessibility and the spiritual and psychological healing of stories. She suffers from chronic sarcasm but refuses treatment.
She wishes she had a cooler origin story, but those are reserved for the varied and dynamic characters found in the pages of The Palimar Saga, a gripping flintlock fantasy series she wrote alongside her mother, C. R. Jacobson.
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The relentless pursuit of a fugitive brings a reluctant hunter to a city rife with treachery, where he finds himself at odds with a jaded smuggler.
When Shane zem’Arta fails to capture escaped con artist Daeven Kritcher, his reputation is put on the line. The Freeland spire lords he works for do not forgive easily. Leaving his crew behind, he chases Kritcher up the coast of Palimar to the seaside city of Estbye.
Shane reunites with Jon Therman, a smuggler with his own dubious agenda. Their goals align, but Shane’s target is no slouch. With the help of Jon’s clever daughter, Ella, Shane closes in on Kritcher. But things never seem to go Shane’s way, especially in this city.
The Smuggler’s Deal, a companion novella to K. R. Solberg and C. R. Jacobson’s Remnant, presents an intriguing introduction to the world of Palimar, where immortals rule from splendid temples and their enemies lurk in grand towers. In this treacherous world of cults, magic, and guns, only the most cunning mortals survive.
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